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This was the year of desktop Linux
Sep 2, 2010, 08 :04 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (4291 reads)

(Other stories by Dana Blankenhorn)

"Before Israel was founded in 1948 it made sense to conclude a Passover seder with the words “Next year in Jerusalem.” With Israel a reality the arguments over the phrase have changed. Yet they endure.

"Desktop Linux is the same sort of deal. Linux believers always assume that next year will be the year of desktop Linux. Windows followers often chide those who seek Linux with that belief, both here and elsewhere.

"Before anyone starts thinking this Catholic boy has changed his stripes, my point is simply that, in the case of desktop Linux, Jerusalem is here.

"This is the year."

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You've missed it. Android started ba ...   2008   
mario
Sep 2, 2010, 13:13:22
 
The year of Linux in the Desktop happene ...   so long ...   
forlux
Sep 2, 2010, 14:57:18
 
Soon there will be tens of millions of w ...   I was going to say 2008 as well.   
Jimmy the Geek
Sep 2, 2010, 20:33:30
 
My year of the Linux desktop was sometim ...   Depends on who you are   
Charles Hixson
Sep 2, 2010, 21:07:28
 
(I still have to update my wife's co ...   Re: Depends on who you are   
Abe
Sep 3, 2010, 16:08:00
 
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